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‘Jason Lives’ Director Reveals He Pitched Sequel “Jason vs. Cheech and Chong”!
The franchise almost got *real* weird in the late ’80s!
Director Tom McLoughlin was the man tasked with bringing Jason Voorhees back to life for Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives, and he did so in a way that ensured the sixth installment in the franchise would go on to become one of the most beloved. McLoughlin didn’t return for the seventh film, but there was a time when he was approached to.
Speaking with fellow horror director Mick Garris on the latest episode of Garris’ podcast Post Mortem, McLoughlin revealed his wacky pitch for a Jason Lives follow-up!
“[Producer] Frank Mancuso Jr. came to me… he wanted me to do another film after we did [Jason Lives],” McLoughlin recalled. “He said, ‘What do you think about Freddy and Jason?’ And I go, ‘But Freddy is at New Line.’ He came back and goes, ‘Ah forget it, it’s not gonna work anyway.’ So I said, ‘Ya know what… you guys own Cheech and Chong. What if we do Cheech and Chong Meets Jason?’“
He continued, “But [Frank] said, ‘Ya know what… no – the comedy audience is gonna want that kind of movie, the horror audience is gonna want the other… no, we can’t.’”
Instead, McLoughlin went on to write/direct a few episodes of “Friday the 13th: The Series.” As for the seventh film, well, Jason essentially ended up battling Carrie White.
But hey, Part 3‘s Chuck was basically a bootleg Tommy Chong, so at least we got that!
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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